Quality And Reliability Engineer

KAYGEN is an emerging leader in providing top talent for technology based staffing services. We specialize in providing high-volume contingent staffing, direct hire staffing and project based solutions to companies worldwide ranging from startups to Fortune 500 and Managed Service Providers (MSP) across a wide variety of industries.

• Reliability Engineer
• Location: San Jose, CA
• This position involves working closely with Hardware Engineering, Product Management, Technical Support Engineering, Global Customer Support, Technical Operations and Supply Chain Management.
• Key Responsibilities
  • Establish and maintain controls and document procedures related to NPI product quality and reliability
  • Aid Development and Production teams in introducing new products
  • Define and execute initiatives to permanently eliminate quality and reliability issues
  • Develop product performance dashboard metrics and maintain them for the first 12 months after product launch
  • Support executive level product quality and reliability reporting enabling product quality and reliability reviews
  • Provide reliability inputs for quarterly business and quality reviews with suppliers
  • Provide technical support for failure analysis, for corrective & preventive action processes, as well as for statistical analysis such as sampling plans and comparing actual with expected outcomes
  • Provide technical support for electrical, electronic & mechanical component’s quality and reliability standards
  • Act as a technical resource supporting root cause analysis down to chemistry and physics of failures
• Experience Requirement
  • Bachelor’s Degree or higher in an applied science or engineering field 10 to 12 years progressive experience in reliability engineering or reliability centered quality work for networking products
  • Creating credible failure rate predictions for components from their operational descriptions is a plus
  • Has worked successfully directly with hardware, software and mechanical development teams
  • Strong statistical, data analysis, investigative and problem-solving skills
  • Design for reliability processes and quality improvement methodologies
  • Experience with Quality Management Systems is a plus
  • Proficient with Reliasoft Lambda Predict
  • Willingness to travel when required
  • Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
  • Desired Skills Hardware product MTBF prediction experience highly desired
  • Working knowledge of Reliability and Quality Engineering tools such as Reliasoft tool suite or equivalent
  • Familiar with reliability testing such as HALT, HAST, ORT and Fault Insertion Testing
  • Understanding of Design for Excellence methodologies
  • Has been involved with process development, documentation and implementation including, but not limited to, NPI, DVT, DFx, ORT, HALT, Reliability & Risk Assessment, Failure Analysis, Root Cause & Corrective Action, etc.